Wire Coral Crab, Xenocarcinus tuberculatus, with bopyrid isopod parasite, Bopyridae Family, that attaches to gills and causes the carapace to swell

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Wire Coral Crab (Xenocarcinus tuberculatus) with bopyrid isopod parasite (Bopyridae Family) that attaches to gills and causes the carapace to swell on Black Coral (Alcyonacea Order), Lembeh Straits, near Bitung, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Asia

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Size: 5019px × 3425px
Location: Lembeh Straits, near Bitung, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Asia
Photo credit: © Colin Marshall / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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